Layer Cake Recipe - Cooking Index
6 | Egg yolks | |
1/3 cup | 65g / 2.3oz | Sugar |
1/2 cup | 31g / 1.1oz | Cake flour - sifted |
1/8 teaspoon | 0.6ml | Salt |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Baking powder |
1 teaspoon | 5ml | Vanilla |
6 | Egg whites - stiffly beaten |
Beat the egg yolks; gradually add the sugar, beating until thick and light in color. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into egg-yolk mixture and fold in. Stir in the vanilla and fold in the egg whites. Turn into two 8-inch layer-cake pans that have been greased and dusted with flour.
Bake in a 350 degree oven 20 minutes, or until browned and free from sides of pan. Cool on a cake rack.
Spread whipped cream or cooked fruit or icing or any filling of your choice between the layers of cake.
Source:
THE ART OF JEWISH COOKING by Jennie Grossinger - Published by Bantam Books, Inc. (c) 1958
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